Pope Boniface I

Pope Boniface I (360-4 September 422) was Pope from 418 to 422, succeeding Pope Zosimus and preceding Pope Celestine I.

Biography
Bonifatius was born in 360 in Rome. When Pope Zosimus died, bishop Eulalius occupied the Lateran, but Zosimus' former adviser Boniface was elected as pope on 29 December 418 by a majority of the priests, the same day as Eulalius; he was the legitimate pope. Emperor Honorius backed Eulalius, but co-emperor Constantine III and his wife Galla Placidia supported Boniface, and on 3 April 419 Boniface was recognized as the rightful pope. He reigned until his death in 422, and Pope Celestine I succeeded him.